Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Fight Wrinkles and Fight the Economy - Where Do I Sign Up?

Save Skin and Save Money

In this economy we do everything we can, to make every dollar stretch, like a Jillian Michaels yoga video. But, we can't all stop spending money and start looking like the homeless, no offense to the homeless. Besides, your skin isn't something you can just leave one day and come back to later. Each day counts for skin care. You to have to take care of your skin every day. It's an ongoing battle with the toxins floating around the air, your house, the food you eat and the water you put on and in it. We find out something new each day about those toxins, like - the fact that the plastic we've been drinking out of is poisoning us slowly and releasing toxins into our water bottles. All of those toxins float to the surface, i.e. your skin. You get premature aging from the toxins. You need something that is going to fight back and stop you looking older and make you look younger. While we can't reverse aging yet, we can reverse the look of aging right now, with fantastic products like Skin Cubed.

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Naomi Sims: The First Black Supermodel Passes on at 61

Story of a Black Supermodel Naomi Sims

Supermodel Naomi Sims

[I include this story for my own selfish reasons, so we never forget the Black pioneers who have gone on. I used to model and still am looking to get back into it. So I'm sure this lady paved the way for me as well.]

Naomi Sims, among first black models, passed at 61.

(AP) – April 2nd
NEW YORK — Naomi Sims, the fashion model who in 1968 became the first black model to appear on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal, has passed. She was 61.

Sims, said by some to be the first black supermodel, passed, Saturday of cancer in Newark, N.J., her son Bob Findlay told The New York Times. It had been decades since she left the runway to become an author and launch her own beauty empire.

Sims attained success at the same time that the "Black is Beautiful" movement was taking hold, and her accomplishments as a barrier-breaking African-American model helped pave the way for the black runway stars of the 1970s, including Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn and Beverly Johnson.

Sims often spoke of her difficult start — as a gangly foster-care kid in Pittsburgh who towered over the other children in her school. In 1966, she came to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology on scholarship.

When she began approaching modeling agencies, she was turned down again and again — with some telling her that her skin was too dark. Instead of giving up, she pushed forward and approached photographers directly.

The approach landed her the cover of the Times' August 1967 fashion supplement. She used that photo to market herself directly to advertising agencies, and within a year she was earning $1,000 a week and appearing in a national television campaign for AT&T. Before long, she was modeling for top designers.

Sims gave up modeling after five years and launched her own wig-making business geared toward black women. She eventually expanded the multimillion-dollar business to include beauty salons and cosmetics, and she wrote "All About Health and Beauty for the Black Woman" and other books.

Sims was born in Oxford, Miss., in 1948. Her parents divorced soon after she was born and her mother moved Sims and her two sisters to Pittsburgh.

Besides her son, Sims is survived by a sister, Betty, and a granddaughter.
Information from: The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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